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Awaiting a self-cleaning mechanism for Assam media 

If some editor-journalists are allegedly involved in a financial scam, shouldn’t the people get an opportunity to identify them? As the mainstream newspapers and news channels of Assam are avoiding the issue in their coverage, how come the actual picture will come to the public domain? If the mainstream media outlets intentionally kill the news, ...

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Chalachitram film festival scheduled for September

Guwahati: Sixth Chalachitram National Film Festival is scheduled for 10, 11 September  2022  at Rabindra Bhawan in the city. Feature, non-feature, documentary and animation films produced between 1 Sept 2020 and 31 August 2022 will be screened in the festival, where the winners of CNFF21 will be awarded with cash prizes, certificates and trophies. For ...

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Silver Jubilee carnival for Kaliabor Press Club

Guwahati: That was an amazing experience to attend the foundation day of a 25 years old press club in central Assam on a lazy Sunday, where a number of senior citizens along with rural scribes and novice journalists were waiting to listen to my speech. It’s easier to address a journalist’s meet- where we can ...

Talking about India’s diplomatic preference

Guwahati: Demands for appointing the Ambassadors (instead of High Commissioners) in the 53 Commonwealth countries (so that the Union Government in New Delhi can pursue diplomatic relationships with these nations without any prejudice) are slowly gaining momentum. One can observe from the list of Ambassadors/High Commissioners (of India) in various Commonwealth countries across the world ...

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Prakash: Throwing light on Tibetan literature and culture

Guwahati: Prakash, the acclaimed Assamese literary monthly magazine, has come with a special issue on  Tibetan (refugee) literature and culture mesmerizing its vivid readers who otherwise had never experienced the literary taste of neighboring Tibet (pronounced as Tibbat in Assamese), which has been occupied by the Communist Chinese regime in Beijing for decades. Published by ...

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Governor inaugurates Sub-Junior National Wushu Championship

Mandi: While inaugurating 22nd Sub-Junior National Wushu Championship 2022 at Paddal Sports Stadium in Mandi organized jointly by Wushu Association of India and Himachal Pradesh Wushu Association, Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar stressed the need to promote Wushu sport in a big way. Besides improving physical ability, this game was also helpful in developing a sense of ...

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Journalist found dead in Bangladesh, PEC demands authentic probe

Geneva: Journalists continue to be the victim of violence in Bangladesh as the police recovered a partially decomposed body of Hashibur Rahaman Rubel on  7  July 2022. The young scribe went missing five days back and his body was found under a bridge on Garai river in Kumarkhali locality. Rubel was  associated with Dainik Khustiar ...

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CM lays foundation stone of developmental projects in Shimla

Shimla: Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today laid foundation stones of four development projects worth Rs. 55 crore which includes Rs. 19.82 crore Sabzi Mandi at Darni Ka Bagicha (Shimla), Rs. 9.82 crore flyover at Khalini Chowk, Rs. 7.62 crore foot over bridges phase-II and III near Vikasnagar and Rs. 17.18 crore Bus Stand, Transport Office, ...

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One more journalist shot dead in Pakistan, PEC demands punishment toperpetrators

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the  Geneva-based global media safety and rights body, has demanded adequate punishment to perpetrators who were involved in the murder of Pakistani journalist Iftikhar Ahmed on Saturday last. Iftikhar becomes the 74th media worker to be killed this year, whereas  globally  79 media persons lost their lives to assailants in ...

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Centenary celebration of Assam sports journalism begins

Guwahati: A year long celebration of 100 years of sports journalism in Assam begins coinciding the day while the first ever news related to a football competition was published in Asomiya (a weekly news magazine mentored by Chandra Kumar Agarwala) on 1  July 1923. Assam Sports Journalists Association (ASJA), which is affiliated to Sports Journalists ...

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2022: First six months report globally 72 journo-casualties

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, has been appalled by the large number of journalists killed in the first six months of 2022. The year-on-year increase is 100% with 72 victims in 18 countries since January compared to 36 deaths in the same period last year. By 2021, 79 ...

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India readies to welcome a tribal President

If one believes in the simple mathematical calculation and minimum political honesty by public representatives  in the Indian Parliament and State legislative assemblies, the largest democracy on Earth is expecting a lady tribal President in New Delhi next month. As Draupadi Murmu, a simple Janjati family woman turned a teacher turned a politician, gets the ...

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Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram endorses Draupadi Murmu as Bharat’s next President

Guwahati: Akhil Bharatiya Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram (ABVKA), India’s largest tribal welfare organisation, admires the recommendation of  former Jharkhand Governor, Draupadi Murmu as the  candidate for Presidential polls by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government in New Delhi. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh backed organisation ardently believes that a historical decision has been taken to nominate a ...

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PEC demands action against Bangladesh scribe killers

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses concern over the police inaction to nab the killers of  Dhaka-based television journalist Abdul Bari, who was found dead on the bank of Hatirjheel lake in Gulshan  area of the capital city on 8 June. Journalist Bari (28), who was associated with ...